2016 Postmortem

LAS14

(15,270 posts) Mon Sep 5, 2016, 09:32 PM Sep 2016

$2700 or $100,000

How can there be fund raisers with a $100,000 per person ticket price when the limit for giving is $2700?

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$2700 or $100,000 (Original Post) LAS14 Sep 2016 OP

1 is direct to candidate 2 is to PACs etc. nt pkdu Sep 2016 #1

Money goes to down ticket candidates BlueStateLib Sep 2016 #2

Ah. Thanks much to both of you. LAS14 Sep 2016 #3

she has been doing huge fundraising for the DNC to spend in the general for downticket races bettyellen Sep 2016 #4

Here is information about the donation limits for 2016: pnwmom Sep 2016 #5

Huh. So the $2700 is just so much window dressing. Thanks.. LAS14 Sep 2016 #6

We can thank SCOTUS for that. n/t pnwmom Sep 2016 #7

Well, if a corporation is a person, why doesn't it face the same giving limits as a person??? LAS14 Sep 2016 #8

pkdu

(3,977 posts)

1. 1 is direct to candidate 2 is to PACs etc. nt

Reply to LAS14 (Original post)

Mon Sep 5, 2016, 09:34 PM

Sep 2016

BlueStateLib

(937 posts)

2. Money goes to down ticket candidates

Reply to LAS14 (Original post)

Mon Sep 5, 2016, 09:36 PM

Sep 2016

LAS14

(15,270 posts)

3. Ah. Thanks much to both of you.

Reply to LAS14 (Original post)

Mon Sep 5, 2016, 09:40 PM

Sep 2016

bettyellen

(47,209 posts)

4. she has been doing huge fundraising for the DNC to spend in the general for downticket races

Reply to LAS14 (Original post)

Mon Sep 5, 2016, 11:56 PM

Sep 2016

they are part of what could make her presidency a big success.

pnwmom

(109,946 posts)

5. Here is information about the donation limits for 2016:

Reply to LAS14 (Original post)

Tue Sep 6, 2016, 03:41 AM

Sep 2016

https://www.opensecrets.org/overview/limits.php

LAS14

(15,270 posts)

6. Huh. So the $2700 is just so much window dressing. Thanks..

Reply to pnwmom (Reply #5)

Tue Sep 6, 2016, 10:32 AM

Sep 2016

.. for the info.

pnwmom

(109,946 posts)

7. We can thank SCOTUS for that. n/t

Reply to LAS14 (Reply #6)

Tue Sep 6, 2016, 10:33 AM

Sep 2016

LAS14

(15,270 posts)

8. Well, if a corporation is a person, why doesn't it face the same giving limits as a person???

Reply to pnwmom (Reply #7)

Tue Sep 6, 2016, 11:09 AM

Sep 2016

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